Baseline comparison: characteristics.
| Control | Intervention | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of practices | 24 | 22 |
| Number of patients | ||
| Total | l111 216 | 104 016 |
| Per practice (median) | 4277 | 4573 |
| Range | 1779–10 227 | 1618–10 983 |
| Endoscopy requests | ||
| Total | 415 | 414 |
| Ratea per 1000 patients (95% CI) | 3.55 (2.98 to 4.24) | 3.88 (3.08 to 4.90) |
| Per practice (median) | 18 | 17 |
| Range | 2–43 | 3–39 |
↵a Rate estimated allowing for the cluster randomised design.